UPO “works overtime to protect homeless people from the cold”

January 3, 2018

Reporter Mark Segraves wanted to spark awareness about the needs of homeless people. To start this heart-to-heart talk with the public, he interviewed UPO staffer Vincent “Bones” Blackson. For 16 years, Bones has driven a UPO van through Washington DC to help the homeless in our midst.

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